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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1963

Page

5

Will Wynn to be honored as a hero of Actors Equity

Hollywood AP West Coast Actors Equity members will honor the union on its 50th birthday at a Beverly Hilton banquet. Ed Wynn will be an honored guest for his pivotal role in the union movement, including steering a strike in 1919 that helped win protection for performers and earning him life membership.

Hollywood Actors Equity Beverly Hilton Stage Union Ed Wynn Equity Wynn Disney Studios Julie Andrews Canada Shubert Broadway American Federation of Labor Ethel Barrymore Samuel Gompers AFL

Fairview Senior Dies After Guntersville Lake Accident

Fairview High School senior Frankie Meehan, 17, of the Berlin Community, died in Guntersville Hospital after slipping into Guntersville Lake near Marshall County Park during an outing with classmates. He was revived but died about 90 minutes later from a lung hemorrhage. Funeral services will be at Bell Springs Baptist Church, with survivors including his mother, stepfather, six brothers, one sister, and grandparents.

Fairview Guntersville Guntersville Lake Marshall County Frankie Lee Meehan Bascon Parker Berlin Meehan Bell Springs Baptist Church Morgan County C. J Falkville P. T Gary Peoria Ill James Chicago Herman Santana Fla Bill West Palm Beach Ruby Parley Vinemont T. M. Hart Falkville 3

Cotaco High School Baccalaureate to Be Conducted

Mrs Arlene Sivley and neighbors note a baccalaureate service for Cotaco High School Sunday at 2 30 led by Rev Mitchell Owens with four local seniors Don Johnson Dorothy Charest Frankie Jones and J L Sivley among participants Glenda Johnson also to graduate from Priceville High Thursday evening Rev Bobby Osborne conducted services and christened the infant daughter of Lt and Mrs Cecil Turner during the occasion.

Hessie Sharp Tennessee Kenny Johnson Cotaco High School Mitchell Owens Don Johnson Dorothy Charest Frankie Jones J. L. Sivley Glenda Johnson Priceville High School Bobby Osborne Cecil Howard Turner Floyd Sivley

Horoscope Forecast For The Star Sign Readings

The reading warns Mercury influences affect writing and communications with care needed though personal relations improve early in the afternoon. It notes a birthday ahead with hard work for financial goals but payoffs later and advises conservatism in July late August and late October with possible financial breaks in early June September and early December.

Early Movie Studio to be Torn Down

HOLLYWOOD AP The studio where Harold Lloyd and Jean Harlow started and where Our Gang and Laurel and Hardy were filmed will be torn down. Attorney Maxwell J. Fenmore and real estate man George Ponty bid $1,326,000 for the Hal Roach Studio after bankruptcy. New owners plan to convert.

Hollywood Harold Lloyd Jean Harlow Our Gang Laurel

Mental Test For Suspect Slaying Tied To Bryce Hospital

A circuit court judge ordered William Richard Eagen, 22, to undergo psychiatric evaluation at Bryce Mental Hospital in Tuscaloosa. Eagen, charged with first degree murder in the April 25 shooting near Montgomery, had been a Bryce patient earlier. A lunacy commission found ample reason to suspect unsound mind and called for an extended observation to reach a definite diagnosis.

Area Rezoning From 14 Percent to Commercial Use

The property currently 14 percent designated for such use may shift to commercial use, though the exact plan remains undecided and awaits further municipal consideration.

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